Direct transfer of hepatocyte growth factor gene into kidney suppresses cyclosporin A nephrotoxicity in rats

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 812-816

  Yazawa, Koji ^a   Isaka, Yoshitaka ^a   Takahara, Shiro ^a   Imai, Enyu ^a   Ichimaru, Naotsugu ^a   Shi, Yi ^a   Namba, Yukiomi ^a   Okuyama, Akihiko ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acute renal failure; Cyclosporin A; Hepatocyte growth factor gene; Kidney; Nephrotoxicity

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ACTIN; COLLAGEN TYPE 1; CYCLOSPORIN A; MESSENGER RNA; PLASMID VECTOR; SCATTER FACTOR; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPORATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GENE DELIVERY SYSTEM; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC CODE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NEPHROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SODIUM RESTRICTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; CYCLOSPORINE; GENE THERAPY; GENE TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; HEPATOCYTE GROWTH FACTOR; KIDNEY; KIDNEY DISEASES; MALE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 1842471191     PISSN: 09310509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfh064     Document Type: Article

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